Contribution To The Taxonomy And Phylogeny Of The Genus Polia Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Hadenini): Species Groups And Pairs In The Holarctic Subgenus Polia S. Str.
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Varga, Zoltán
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Ronkay, Gábor
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Nagy, Jenő
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Ronkay, László
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
2020
2020-03-06
66
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35
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http://dx.doi.org/10.17109/azh.66.1.35.2020
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Polia (Polia) bombycina
(Hufnagel, 1766)
Phalaena bombycina
Hufnagel, 1766
,
Berlinisches Magazin
3
(4): 410. Type-locality: [
Germany
] vic. of
Berlin
.
Type
(s) destroyed.
Taxonomic notes. The Asiatic populations of
P. bombycina
clearly show a western-eastern subdivision with some overlap in
Mongolia
. The west Asiatic group of populations has two contrasting forms (subspecies?) at the eastern edge of the range, (i) the dark bronze-brownish
Polia bombycina puengeleri
Lehmann, 1998
, described from [Kirghisia] Alexander Mts and occurring also in
Kazakhstan
, and (ii) the pale fawn-coloured
Polia bombycina psammochrea
Varga, 1974
, described from
Mongolia
, Govi Altai aimak, Khasaght Khajrhan Mts. The taxonomic subdivision of the eastern group (cf.
Polia bombycina grisea
(Butler, 1878))
described under some different names (see:
VARGA
et al.
2017
) needs further surveys, as well as the populations occurring in the Caucasus range.